its down in the blower assembly, this is bad , dont start the machine again until we get it out. You will need to remove the vent screen chute, # XXXXX on this diagram, to do this first you must take the two screws out on the top of the machine with the screen goes in and then remove the back panel on the dryer, pull the dryer away from the wall and remove the back panel, make sure you unplug the dryer before doing this, then there will be screws number 13 on the diagram that need to be removed around the chute, the chute will be on the left side when looking at the back, remove the screws and pull out the chute at the bottom and work it out completely so you can get at the blower assembly where the cover has fallen into, this is not too difficult a job, the screws will have 1/4" screw heads so you will need a socket or nutdriver to take them out, once you get this chute out you will build remove the top cover that fell in, hope this helps, thanks, Bryan

realized that i didn't need to remove 2 of the screws on the top of the machine at the chute opening. front two could have stayed in place as it holds the metal seal which dropped to the side the moment i removed the chute off the back of the unit.

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